Last updated on January 11th, 2024

In this week’s video, I’m talking about weight loss for OCR athletes. More importantly – FAT LOSS. Yes, there is a difference between weight loss and fat loss.

This was done on Facebook live, which is why a few times I stray from what I am talking about to read comments being left during the live cast.

Some key points:

1:30 – Why you need to carefully plan your race schedule so you can properly periodize your training and nutrition for peak performance.

2:45 – The prep cycle and why it’s the ideal time to focus on weight loss as an OCR athlete

3:20 – Why 5 weeks before your peak race is too late to be thinking about weight loss or losing body fat. 8-12 weeks before your peak race is your Build Cycle, and as I’ve written before, the build cycle is not the time to focus on fat loss.

6:00 – How far before your peak race you need to start focusing on weight loss or losing fat loss if your goal is to be leaner

6:45 – Why you don’t need to count calories or track macros and what easier strategies you can use instead to start improving your body composition, health and performance.

9:25 – How to make smart carb choices that will keep you feeling fuller for longer and will provide more fibre and micronutrients

11:05 – Reasons why you may not be losing weight. Hint, your lifestyle is too sedentary even as an OCR athlete, so you can’t eat whatever you want just because you did a 1 hour workout.

12:45 – The role sleep plays in weight loss

13:25 – The difference between WEIGHT loss and FAT loss.

15:40 – How do you lose FAT as an OCR athlete

16:45 – Common Weight Loss Myths Busted

29:30 – There’s such a thing as being too lean, especially for an OCR athlete

30:40 – You don’t need complicated nutrition strategies for weight loss or fat loss. Go back to basics and do them CONSISTENTLY

32:10 – Most elite OCR athletes aren’t counting calories or going keto and neither should you.